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AxleHub
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People can like to use adfitives in oil and gas equipment or not . . perfectly fine.
But I always wonder at some of the reasons they use. Lets take an example.
You have a two gallon container of gasoline. That gas is being used in a walk behind lawnmower that worked just fine 4 days ago. You start the mower and after a few minutes it starts having its rpm miving up and down and has little power and doesn't run steady. You pull out a bottle of gas treatment/dryer and pour a tiny amount of it in the gas tank . . Maybe a teaspoon amount. Suddenly the engine starts and is running just fine. Then you put some in the 2 gallon gas can . . and you don't have the problem again for the rest of that 2 gallons.
A person may not like adfitives . . but how can they say adfitives don't work? And certainly that 2 gallon gas can needed very little quantity of additive to produce good results. So how can a person claim its imaginary because there wasn't enough quantity to be significant.
Or how about the idea you use good fuel (oil or gas) . . when many locations get their fuel fuel from the very same truck or source ?
Or the idea you can treat 250 gallons of your fuel for $8.00 as being expensive ?
My point is . . fuels are much more sensitive to change in modern engine needs than people realize. Small variances can make noticeable changes in modern engine performance. 40 years ago gas could sit for 6 months and work just fine every time. But today it still can work . . but maybe not every time.
I still like "dino" oil . . But today I use synthetic in certain applications.
My point is . . I desire a few select additives above and beyond the fuel suppliers mix. I use premium diesel and non- ethanol gas for my truck and all my engines. I do it for reasons that make sense and are inexpensive.
And now it seems the economy is effecting the costs of additives even lower.
But I always wonder at some of the reasons they use. Lets take an example.
You have a two gallon container of gasoline. That gas is being used in a walk behind lawnmower that worked just fine 4 days ago. You start the mower and after a few minutes it starts having its rpm miving up and down and has little power and doesn't run steady. You pull out a bottle of gas treatment/dryer and pour a tiny amount of it in the gas tank . . Maybe a teaspoon amount. Suddenly the engine starts and is running just fine. Then you put some in the 2 gallon gas can . . and you don't have the problem again for the rest of that 2 gallons.
A person may not like adfitives . . but how can they say adfitives don't work? And certainly that 2 gallon gas can needed very little quantity of additive to produce good results. So how can a person claim its imaginary because there wasn't enough quantity to be significant.
Or how about the idea you use good fuel (oil or gas) . . when many locations get their fuel fuel from the very same truck or source ?
Or the idea you can treat 250 gallons of your fuel for $8.00 as being expensive ?
My point is . . fuels are much more sensitive to change in modern engine needs than people realize. Small variances can make noticeable changes in modern engine performance. 40 years ago gas could sit for 6 months and work just fine every time. But today it still can work . . but maybe not every time.
I still like "dino" oil . . But today I use synthetic in certain applications.
My point is . . I desire a few select additives above and beyond the fuel suppliers mix. I use premium diesel and non- ethanol gas for my truck and all my engines. I do it for reasons that make sense and are inexpensive.
And now it seems the economy is effecting the costs of additives even lower.
